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Chocolate Town Special Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cp boiling water
2/3 cp shortening
1 3/4 cp sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs2 1/4 cps unsifted all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/3 cps buttermilk or sour milk (sour milk - use 4 tsp vinegar plus enough milk to equal 1 1/3 cups)
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350º. Grease well and flour three 8" or two 9" layer ans; set aside. In small bowl, stir together cocoa and boiling water until smooth; set aside.

In large mixer bowl, cream shortening, sugar and vanilla until blended. Add eggs; beat well. Combine flour =, baking soda and salt; add alternatively with buttermilk to creamed mixture. Beat in cocoa mixture. Pour into prepared pans. Bake 25-30 minutes for 8" pans or 35-40 minutes for 9" pans or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool 20-25 minutes. Remove from pans and cool. Frost as desired.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8-10

 

 

 

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